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Quick Memory Trick for Sewing

Have memory issues and hate retracing your steps when sewing to figure out where you left off?

Post it flags to the rescue.

I may have days where I can only sew for 15 minutes before having to walk away to do something else and when I come back, I have a hard time figuring out where I left off. Now I draw a quick arrow on a small post it flag and mark the step that I was in the middle of. If I’ve finished one step and will be moving on to the next step, I put the flag pointing in between the step numbers. If I’m doing something unusual, adding trim that isn’t covered in the pattern, etc., I’ll use a larger post-it note and make myself reminders on it of what I’m doing or planning to change in the pattern.